# بین
## Laki
### Verb

بین (bīn)
* be, being

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

From Arabic بَيْنَ (bayna).

### Noun

بین • (beyn)
* interval; distance; space between
    Synonym: آرا (ara)

#### Usage notes

* The single possession locative بیننده (beyninde) is used as a postposition in the same sense as modern arasında.

#### Descendants

* Turkish: beyn

### References

* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 304
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “beyn”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 425

## Persian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic بَيْنَ (bayna), بَيْن (bayn).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [bajn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [bäjn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [bäjn]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [bäjn]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [bäjn]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [bejn]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [bäjn]

#### Noun

| Dari | بین |
| Iranian Persian | بین |
| Tajik | байн |
بین • (beyn)
* separation

##### Descendants

* → Urdu: بَین (bain)

#### Preposition

بین • (beyn)
* between
    بین این دو beyn-e in do — between these two

##### Synonyms

* میان (miyân)

##### Derived terms

* از بین بردن (az beyn bordan)
* از بین رفتن (az beyn raftan)

##### Descendants

* → Urdu: بَینـ (bain-)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Persian wēn-, the present stem of dīdan (compare Ossetian уынын (wynyn), Yagnobi венак (venak), Zazaki vînayîş), from Old Persian [script needed] (vaina-, “to see”) (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀- (vaēna-)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [biːn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [biːn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [biːn]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [biːn]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [bin]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [biːn]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [bin]

#### Verb

| Dari | بین |
| Iranian Persian | بین |
| Tajik | бин |
بین • (bin)
* present stem form of دیدن (didan)

##### Derived terms

* دوربین (dur-bin)
* ذره‌بین (zarre-bin)
* خودبین (xodbin)

## Southern Kurdish
### Verb

بین (bīn)
* be, being

#### Usage notes

Mostly used in the Kermaşanî dialect.

## Urdu
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀬𑀡 (vayaṇa) Sanskrit वचन (vacana).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /bɛːn/
* Rhymes: -ɛːn

#### Noun

بَین • (bain) m (Hindi spelling बैन)
* word, speech, utterance, saying
* lamentation, wailing

##### Declension

Declension of بین :
| | singular | plural |
| direct | بین (bain) | بین (bain) |
| oblique | بین (bain) | بینوں (bainõ) |
| vocative | بین (bain) | بینو (baino) |

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian بین (bayn), from Arabic بَيْن (bayn).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /bɛːn/
* Rhymes: -ɛːn

#### Noun

بَین • (bain) m (Hindi spelling बैन)
* separation, space between
    بَینُ السُّطُورbain-u-ssutūrinterlining(literally, “separation of the lines, or, space between the lines”)
* interval
    Synonym: دَرْمِیان (darmiyān)
* distance

##### Declension

Declension of بین :
| | singular | plural |
| direct | بین (bain) | بین (bain) |
| oblique | بین (bain) | بینوں (bainõ) |
| vocative | بین (bain) | بینو (baino) |

##### Derived terms

بَینی (bainī)

#### Adjective

بَین • (bain) (Hindi spelling बैन)
* middle
    بَین بَین ― bain bain ― in the very midst (literally, “middle of the middle”)

#### Prefix

بَینـ • (bain-) (Hindi spelling बैन-)
* inter-

##### Derived terms

* بَین بَرِّاَعْظَمی (bain-barre'āzamī)
* بَین جن٘گ (bain-jaṅg)
* بَین خُلوی (bain-xulvī)
* بَین نَسْلی (bain-naslī)

### Etymology 3

Inherited from Sanskrit वीणा (vīṇā)

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /biːn/
* Rhymes: -iːn

#### Noun

بِین • (bīn) f (Hindi spelling बीन)
* veena (a kind of lute)
* pungi (a wind instrument used by snake charmers)

##### Declension

Declension of بین :
| | singular | plural |
| direct | بین (bīn) | بین (bīn) |
| oblique | بین (bīn) | بینوں (bīnõ) |
| vocative | بین (bīn) | بینو (bīno) |

### References

* “بین”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “بین”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
* Platts, John T. (1884) “بين”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* John Shakespear (1834) “بين”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC

## Ushojo
### Noun

بین (ben)
* wild mint